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寡人之於國也，盡心焉耳矣
As for my relation to the state, I have devoted my heart to it.
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梁惠王曰：
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寡人.
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孟子 · 梁惠王上梁惠王曰梁惠王曰：「寡人願安承教。」孟子對曰：「殺人以梃與刃，有以異乎？」
孟子 · 梁惠王上梁惠王曰梁惠王曰：「晉國、天下莫強焉，叟之所知也。
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論語 · Separate the topic from the comment夫子至於是邦也論語 · Separate the topic from the comment禮之用，和為貴論語 · Resolve “there”, “in this”, or a final particle就有道而正焉論語 · Put a clause inside a larger sentence不患人之不己知Edition, source, and reuse
- Work
- 孟子 · Mencius
- Attribution
- Traditionally associated with Meng Ke (Mencius) and his followers.
- Digital witness
- Kanseki Repository · KR1h0001 · base edition tls
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- Kanseki Repository (Kanripo) contributors; upstream base-edition labels retained in each original file.
- Source position
- KR1h0001_001.txt, lines 106–113. MENG 1A03:01; tr. D. C. Lau 1.5
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